Dictionary entry

Pott's disease

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pott's″ dis‐ease″ (?). (Med.) Caries of the vertebræ, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; — so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon.

Pott's fracture, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula, with displacement of the tibia. Dunglison.